Firefox opens up new tabs when I click on links?

Whenever I click on a link, say from Google, Firefox automatically opens it up in a new tab. Is there a way to make it open up in the same window, without coming up in a new tab? And unchecking "Open new windows in a new tab" in the Firefox options doesn't work. It just makes the link pop-up in a... show more Whenever I click on a link, say from Google, Firefox automatically opens it up in a new tab. Is there a way to make it open up in the same window, without coming up in a new tab? And unchecking "Open new windows in a new tab" in the Firefox options doesn't work. It just makes the link pop-up in a whole new window.

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Best Answer: It sounds like one of your CTRL keys on your keyboard maybe stuck down. Have you got "Sticky Keys" enabled, it's a feature in Control Panel, in the Accessibility Options. It sticks keys down like the CTRL, ALT and Shift keys for people who can't press more than one key at a time, but sometimes can be activated by accident.

Or it could be that you keyboard is malfunctioning and has the CTRL key stuck down, try pressing P or S in Firefox whilst pressing no other keys. If when pressing just P on it's own you get the print dialog box, or the Save dialog box when pressing S then your CTRL key is stuck down.

Normally if you hold down CTRL and click a link it will always open in a new tab, so this is why I think your browser maybe reading a Ctrl key press as well as a click.

Also is your mouse one of these programmable types (most cheap mice aren't, but some top of the range mice the buttons can be reprogrammed with the installation software). If your mouse has configuration software check in that to make sure the left click hasn't been altered to Ctrl+Click. If it's just a cheap standard mouse using just standard windows drivers then you probably won't have this option.

click on equipment (the orange Firefox tab) > techniques > Tabs. you'll locate what you want there. If it nevertheless opens in a sparkling tab, it must be the internet web site that is designed to open a sparkling tab particularly of beginning the link on an same tab. that is straightforward on exterior links to different web content.